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The meaning of the Major Arcana

The word root of Arcana, arc, comes from the word “archetype”. In another word, the various patterns in Tarot are the common presumptions for the collective subconsciousness. We can say all things in the universe are intercommunication. The cosmic philosophy should communicate with life philosophy, political philosophy, social philosophy, livelihood philosophy, military philosophy and so on. They can use one symbolical thing as the representatives. And this is the ultimate meaning of Tarot. Therefore, all the descriptions for the card will only choose one example to make people understand the thought and concept of this picture. When people use Tarot to predict the future, they use their knowledge of the card to make proper explanation according to their knowledge of the cards and depending on if they access into their subconscious or not. In other countries, most of the books of Tarot even do not record what objects in daily life mapping to every card. Usually they will use life philosophy to make explanation.

To understand the meaning of Tarot, you have to notice the following: 1. Any books of Tarot always use one sample to make explanation. Do not rigidly adhere to the explanation, you have to draw inferences about other cases from one instance. When you observe the patterns on the card, please check over and over to see if there is anything ignored. The more patterns you see, the more consideration that you have to do. And the ability of spirit will be stronger. In addition, the patterns in one card symbolize different meanings. For example, the Fool holds a white rose on his hand. The common explanation is that it stands for the pure mind of the Fool. The red feather on Fool’s head stands for the desire of seeking new thing of the Fool. Such explanation is to wash your inner mind and train your basic ability of spirit. Here it is suggested for the beginner to use the presumed and standard textbook of Tarot which is written by Rider-Waite. The Waite cards are regular, generous, clear and bright, and it is not necessary to have much knowledge of certain background. And there are many people study such edition. It is proper for people to research deeply.